The number of immigrants intercepted when crossing the border from Mexico increased in May for the fourth consecutive month, despite Title 42, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office reported Wednesday.
239,416 arrests were registered, 2% more than the 235,478 in April and 33% more than the 180,597 in May 2021, as reported.
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The past few months have been the busiest in decades, but comparisons to pre-coronavirus levels are tricky because migrants expelled under the public health measure known as Title 42 can try again multiple times without legal consequences. .
Immigration authorities noted that 25% of intercepted migrants had already been detained at least once in the previous year trying to cross the border, compared to 15% in the five years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The government led by Joe Biden had planned to end Title 42 on May 23, but a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the measure days before and for now it remains in force due to his mandate.
More than two million migrants have been expelled without being able to request asylum at the border since the rule came into force in March 2020 by the Donald Trump government (although this figure may include more than one attempt by the same person) .
More than four out of 10 migrants intercepted in May were returned under Title 42;
almost all of them were adults and traveling alone.
One in six who arrived as a family with minor children were expelled.
Children are exempt from this rule.
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The government said in late April that Ukrainians traveling through Mexico would no longer be admitted at the US border.
In May there were hardly any arrivals of that nationality, compared to the more than 20,000 that there were the previous month.
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In addition to its nationals, Mexico accepts the return of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador who are expelled under Title 42. The high cost of transporting them by plane and difficult diplomatic relations, however, make it difficult to expel migrants of other nationalities.
Cubans, who are rarely prosecuted under Title 42, were the second largest nationality intercepted at the border after Mexicans.
There were also many arrivals of citizens from Colombia, Haiti and Nicaragua.
